George Allen ... will he or won't he? 'Stay tuned.'

The buzz intensified this week as questions grew louder about whether former Virginia Governor and U.S. Senator George Allen would enter the 2012 U.S. Senate race.

News outlets from the Washington Examiner to the Washington Times and Washington Post to Politico to various blogs on both sides of the aisle were beside themselves as they speculated and passed along back-of-the-room whispers.